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The Vintage Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction
This dazzling anthology, edited and introduced by Dermot Bolger, is a splendidly comprehensive and up-to-the-minute collection of the finest recent fiction from a nation of master storytellers. This collection of astonishing breadth reveals a literature of genuine global stature, as ancient as the Irish Sea.
Contributors and stories include: John Banville, from Mefisto; Le...more
Contributors and stories include: John Banville, from Mefisto; Le...more
Paperback, 592 pages
Published
November 14th 1995
by Vintage
(first published November 14th 1993)
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some really intensely great stories herein - both from authors you know and have heard of and those you've never heard of, but should, because they are amazing writers! - I loved this collection! - thanks to son Alex for turning me on to it.
Beautiful, heartbreaking, and sometimes even hopeful.
fresh, drole, interesting, great language and a huge selection of writers who are insanely amazing at making up stories. One of the strongest point of this antology is the strength of these stories. That is to say, one reads the first line and gets rivited to what comes in the next paragraph...
I read a somewhat older version of this anthology by Picador Press. Some good excerpts and shorts. It got me to read a few of the writers. Apparently free secondary education does make for more writers, and a few good ones.
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Dermot Bolger is an Irish novelist, playwright and poet born in Finglas, a suburb of Dublin.
His work is often concerned with the articulation of the experiences of working-class characters who, for various reasons, feel alienated from society. Bolger questions the relevance of traditional nationalist concepts of Irishness, arguing for a more plural and inclusive society.
In the late 1970s Bolger se...more
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His work is often concerned with the articulation of the experiences of working-class characters who, for various reasons, feel alienated from society. Bolger questions the relevance of traditional nationalist concepts of Irishness, arguing for a more plural and inclusive society.
In the late 1970s Bolger se...more
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